CPU temperature problem

[Sirakoz]

The motherboard is a Gigabyte 7VT600P-RZ and an athlonxp 3000+ barton core.

Stress testing the CPU using prime95 gives the following results:

-Monitoring the temperatures with MBM, speedfan, and HMonitor gives the following: Low 30s C idle, and mid 40s C full load.

-Directly after running prime95, I restart the PC, go into the bios which shows a temperature of ~65-68C.

Is it normal to have a 20-24 degrees difference between these monitoring tools and the bios? What could be the problem? Which temperature is the correct one?

edit: CPU fan is http://www.fannerusa.com/5t321b1h3.asp
Both the bios and the software monitors show it running close to its advertised speed.

 

[Sirakoz]

Anyone?

 

[TheStu]

what do you mean by advertised speed?

Also, dont sweat the temps... yes too much heat will kill processor early.... but open the side of your case and touch the heatsink. If you have to immediately jerk back your fingers, it is too hot. If you dont, it is fine.

If you are really concerned about the temps... trust the software more I guess...

 

[Minotar]

Originally posted by: Sirakoz
The motherboard is a Gigabyte 7VT600P-RZ and an athlonxp 3000+ barton core.

Stress testing the CPU using prime95 gives the following results:

-Monitoring the temperatures with MBM, speedfan, and HMonitor gives the following: Low 30s C idle, and mid 40s C full load.

-Directly after running prime95, I restart the PC, go into the bios which shows a temperature of ~65-68C.

Is it normal to have a 20-24 degrees difference between these monitoring tools and the bios? What could be the problem? Which temperature is the correct one?

edit: CPU fan is http://www.fannerusa.com/5t321b1h3.asp
Both the bios and the software monitors show it running close to its advertised speed.

The reason your temp in the bios is so high is because when you restart/shutdown your pc, with many pc's, the CPU and mobo actually heat up rapidly as soon as the PC powers off. This is because your fans spin down and the CPU will heat up quickly. This normally only lasts for a minute, but can be damaging if you have a particularly hot overclock.